6:59 PM,
Sep. 26, 2013

Jhonny Peralta makes a running catch on a fly ball during fielding practice in Detroit on Sept. 13.

Written by

Dick Scanlon
Detroit Free Press Special Writer

In 15 seasons as a professional ballplayer, Jhonny Peralta has yet to record a putout as an outfielder.

"Maybe I'll get a flyball in Miami," Peralta said Thursday after playing seven innings as a left fielder and two innings at shortstop for the Tigers' instructional league team.

The 31-year-old Peralta will rejoin the Tigers in Miami on Friday after serving a 50-game suspension for his involvement with the Miami-based Biogenesis lab for performance-enhancing drugs. But having clinched the American League Central title with Jose Iglesias as their shortstop, the Tigers are primarily ...